Many gods and many voices : the role of the prophet in English and American modernism / Louis L. Martz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913-2001.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Modernism (Literature).

Prophets.

United States.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930--Characters--Prophets.

Lawrence, D. H.

Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Prophecies in literature.

Religion and literature.

Prophets in literature.

Gods in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [1998]

Contents:

Part I. Prophetic Voice in Modern American Poetry

1. The Voices of Prophecy 3

2. Pound as Prophet 11

3. Pound and The Waste Land 24

4. Pound and Joyce Fugal Variations 33

5. Pound and "Dante Profeta" 44

6. William Carlos Williams, Paterson The Quest for the Beautiful Thing 58

7. William Carlos Williams, Paterson A Local Tapestry 69

8. H.D. Set Free to Prophesy 80

9. H.D. and D. H. 109

10. Conclusion: Prophets in Exile 130

Part II. Eliot and Lawrence Meditation and Prophecy

11. T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land and "Burnt Norton" Origins of Form in Four Quartets 139

12. T. S. Eliot, Ash-Wednesday Voices for the Veiled Lady 150

13. D. H. Lawrence, Quetzalcoatl (The Plumed Serpent) Two Versions, Two Novels 159

14. D. H. Lawrence, The Second Lady Chatterley 183

Appendix Pound, Blake, and Dante 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.

ISBN:

0826211488

OCLC:

37608310